Engelsk navneord: alteration | |||
1. | alteration (om begivenhed) an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | The change was intended to increase sales. This storm is certainly a change for the worse. The neighborhood had undergone few modifications since his last visit years ago. | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | change, modification | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | happening, natural event, occurrence, occurrent | ||
Mere specifikke termer | acceleration, avulsion, birth, break, breakup, chromosomal mutation, conversion, damage, death, decease, deceleration, decrease, deformation, destabilization, detachment, development, drop-off, easing, expiry, fluctuation, genetic mutation, harm, impairment, increase, lessening, loss of consciousness, moderation, mutation, mutation, nascence, nascency, nativity, play, relief, retardation, revolution, scintillation, separation, sex change, shift, shimmer, slowing, sparkling, sublimation, surprise, transformation, transition, transmutation, transmutation, twinkle, vagary, variation | ||
2. | alteration (om handling) the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment) | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | adjustment, modification | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | change | ||
Mere specifikke termer | accommodation, adaptation, laxation, loosening, tightening, tune | ||
3. | alteration (om handling) the act of revising or altering (involving reconsideration and modification) | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | It would require a drastic revision of his opinion. | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | revision | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | transformation, translation | ||
Mere specifikke termer | distraction, metamorphosis, misdirection, modulation, qualification, reorganization, transfiguration | ||